Improvement in chairs



G. M. PATTEN. Chair.

No. 218,829. Patented Aug. 26,1879.

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GEORGE M. PATTEN, OF YONKERS, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THOMPSON, PERLEY &WAITE, OF BALDWINSVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHAIRS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 218.829, dated August26, 1879; application filed March 15, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gno. M. PATTEN, of Yonkers, county of Westchester,State of New York, h ave invented an Improvement in Chairs, of which thefollowing description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, isa specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in chairs; and the inventionconsists in means, as hereinafter more fully described, for supporting atable or shelf in front of the same, and also to permit it to be turneddown at the side of the chair when not in use.

Figure 1 represents, in side elevation, a chair-seat, back, and armswith the table supported in front of the same; Fig. 2, an opposite sideelevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, showing the tableturned down at the side of the seat; and Fig. Ais a section, showing themeans for connecting the back and arms.

In the drawings, a represents the chairseat; I), the usual side armssupported by the standards 0, and d the back, it being hinged to theseat at e. y 1

To the sides of the back, at f, are pivoted the metallic connections g,which are preferably made with a flanged top portion, h, to make them ofsufficient thickness to serve as continuations of the short arms bwithout adding unnecessarily to their weight. One of these arms is shownin cross-section at the right of Fig. 2. These connections are slottedto form hooks 2 2 (see Fig. 4) to engage the pins '3 in arms I). Byreason of said slots and hooks, these connectionspermit the back of thechair to be inclined backward, more or less, from the position shown inthe drawings, the back then turning about the hinge e.

At the outer side of one of the arms I) are two eyes, 4 5, which receivethe hooks or points 6 7 of a bracket, t, the upper bar, 8, of whichenters the ears 9 10, connected with. the table j, the latter beingsupported at one side by means of said bracket, as shown in Fig. 1, andat the oppositeside (see Fig. 2) by a-pin, 11, upon which rests theunder side of a projecting finger, 12, of the table. This finger hasconnected with it a spring, k, which, when the table is in the positionshown in Fig. 2, acts as alocking device to retain the table firmly vinposition in front of the seat.

A pin, 13, on the arm 1) acts uponthe inclined end 14 of the finger, andretains it down firmly upon the pin 11.

Projecting from the under side of the table is a stud, l, which so longas the table and its ears are drawn in the direction of the arrow, Fig.1, rests at the rear side of the bracket 8, and prevents the ears, andconsequently the table, from being turned about the upper portion, 8, ofthe bracket.

When the spring'k is disengaged from the pin 11, and the table is swungto the opposite side of the chair, (see Fig. 3,) the bracket 11 thenprojecting backward, as shown in dotted lines, the table may be moved inthe direction of the arrow on it, (see Fig. 3,) so that the stud 1 willfall in such position with relation to the open interior portion of thebracket as will permit the ears 9 10 and the table to be turned aboutthe portion 8, and the table to fall at the side of the chair, as shownin Fig. 3.

I claiml.'The table j, having a finger, 12, an inclined termination, 14,and a spring locking device, It, in combination with a chair having pins11 and 13, and a bracket for supporting said table, substantially asdescribed.

2. A chair provided with a hinged table, constructed with a projectingfinger on the side opposite the hinge, in combination with stops or pinsabove and below said finger, and a locking device, substantially asdescribed, for securing said table in position.

3. The combination, in a chair, of a swinging bracket, a table hinged tosaid bracket, a

- pointed finger projecting from said table on the side opposite thebracket, :stops to engage the said finger above and below, and a lockingdevice, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE M. PATTEN.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR J. BURNS, P. H. BURNS.

